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Restless at the end of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton searches for something new to write about. An idea arrives by post from a man living on Guernsey Island, who is finding it difficult to obtain copies of Juliet’s books. They begin to correspond and soon Juliet finds herself drawn into the history of the island during the dark days of the Nazi occupation and the story of the literary society that sprung into life as an alibi.

Sadly, Mary Ann Shaffer, who conceived of the novel and wrote much of the book grew ill before the book was completed. She called on her niece, Annie Barrows, to finish the project. Mary Ann Shaffer never got to see the published novel. Read more about the authors: